I think the reference to Sky was a bit of a generic one as that's what most chavs think of as being the only satellite transmissions and probably have not heard of SES either. I would dispute that the 'more difficult' satellites need an Engineer to install, just a satellite system installer with lots of experience. Unless of course you are talking Jodrell Bank type installations.
No, you did. Have a look at post #1.
Well, yes, if they are just going to pick the biggest dish off the shelf and hope.
Why would it be idiotic to pick the biggest dish? Sounds sensible to me, but then perhaps I am an idiot.
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I didn't. What I said was that if you want/need a bespoke solution it would be an engineering job to define a solution that meets the requirement specification. A fitter will just stick with what he knows; an engineer can work out a solution to fit the need from the specifications of the available parts, even without prior experience of the parts in question.
Have you tried then?You seem to be. It would be idiotic to pick a 2M dish to receive 28.2E from the south coast!
Which sat has "signal, fringes" in Sheffield. Surely not 28.2E or 19.2E? And people who deal with Sky tend to call their installers "engineers", when pretty much a tin plate with an LNB, pointed in the right direction would probably do the job. (not sure about weather fade though.
I think that was a pretty close description of somebody who would be described as an engineer rather than just a technician. It's the difference between repeating what one is trained to do (or just following a manual step by step), and exceeding ones training to produce novel results.
No, not the tin plate, but I quickly set up 28.2E, 19.2E and 13E multi LNB on a Sky Z1 dish.
No, it's more general than an engineer. Scientists do that. So do many medics. Most academics do it. It has nothing to do with being an engineer, IMHO.
As long as I don't have to give up my CAMRA membership ; )
